Eleutherian College · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Lancaster Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Lancaster Township has 103 jobs, against 609 working residents. The two grades for Lancaster Township are C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lancaster Township apart on work
Lancaster Township is a place people come home to
There are 103 jobs based in Lancaster Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lancaster Township has about 980 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Lancaster Township works in Madison
199 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Madison, 10 miles away. That’s 33 times as many as work in Lancaster Township itself. The commute map ↓
Few Lancaster Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 609 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Lancaster Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Lancaster Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Lancaster Township’s grade up ($79,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Lancaster Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lancaster Township could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily commute in and out of Lancaster Township
On a workday 603 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Lancaster Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
33% of working residents work in Madison
Where Lancaster Township clocks in
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Lancaster Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lancaster Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 432 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in Lancaster Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lancaster Township, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 103. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lancaster Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lancaster Township to work
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Lancaster Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lancaster Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lancaster Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 442 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Lancaster Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lancaster Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lancaster Township is 4,279th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 123 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 4,277 | Cridersville OH | 1,767 | $55K | 18.2% | 6.5% | 2% | C− |
| 4,278 | Boswell PA | 1,197 | $53K | 13.7% | 1.8% | 6% | C− |
| 4,279 | Lancaster Township IN | 1,486 | $80K | 18.5% | 1.8% | 1% | C− |
| 4,280 | Montville ME | 1,025 | $66K | 10.7% | 3.3% | 2% | C− |
| 4,281 | Chateaugay NY | 1,727 | $84K | 17.0% | 2.8% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lancaster Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Lancaster Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lancaster Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Township | – | C− | D− | 24 min | $79,750 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Graham Township | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $78,292 |
| Smyrna Township | under 2% | C | D− | 25 min | $71,250 |
| Lovett Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 42 min | $93,864 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Monroe Township and Montgomery Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lancaster Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lancaster Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lancaster Township?
$79,750 (±$10,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lancaster Township?
18.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lancaster Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lancaster Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (33%, 10 mi), Madison Township (9%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lancaster Township walkable?
Lancaster Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lancaster Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lancaster Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lancaster Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.